Author: Stacy Alaimo
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Opening with the statement The anthropocene is no time to set things straight, Stacy Alaimo puts forth potent arguments for a material feminist posthumanism in the chapters that follow. From trans-species art and queer animals to naked protesting and scientific accounts of fishy humans, Exposed argues for feminist posthumanism immersed in strange agencies and scale-shifting ethics. Including such divergent topics as landscape art, ocean ecologies, and plastic activism, Alaimo explores our environmental predicaments to better understand feminist occupations of transcorporeal subjectivity. She puts scientists, activists, artists, writers, and theorists in conversation, revealing that the state of the planet in the twenty-first century has radically transformed ethics, politics, and what it means to be human. Ultimately, Exposed calls for an environmental stance in which, rather than operating from an externalized perspective, we think, feel, and act as the very stuff of the world. **Review Accessibly written, lucidly argued, and capacious in its ambit, there is so much in this book to savor, to be inspired by, and to provoke.Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, author of Stone An Ecology of the Inhuman In addition to the descriptions and analyses of imaginative activism, strange agencies of non-human entities, and the politics of place, Alaimo develops compelling theories of self, action, and being human along the way.J. Jack Halberstam, University of Southern California About the Author Stacy Alaimo is professor of English and director of the environmental and sustainability studies minor at the University of Texas at Arlington. She is the author of Undomesticated Ground and Bodily Natures, the editor of Matter, and co-editor of Material Feminisms.
Author: Björn Hellberg
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De vakantie die commissaris Sten Wall traditiegetrouw doorbrengt op het Deense eiland Bornholm verloopt dit jaar minder rustig dan hij zich had voorgesteld. Al op de eerste dag wordt Walls plaatsvervanger Jan Carlsson geconfronteerd met de moord op officier van justitie Bill Elfvregen. Carlsson verdenkt ene Daniel Karr. Tien jaar geleden is deze drugskoerier door toedoen van Elfvregen achter de tralies beland. Als Carlssons theorie opgaat, loopt ook Wall gevaar. Want ook die was destijds betrokken bij de veroordeling van Karr. Carlsson maakt zich des te meer zorgen om zijn chef, omdat een familielid van Wall geinformeerd heeft naar Walls vakantieadres. Terwijl Wall, voorzover bekend, helemaal geen familie heeft. Recensie(s) NBD|Biblion recensie Hoofdinspecteur Wall wordt tijdens zijn jaarlijkse vakantie opgebeld door zijn assistent Carlsson om te melden dat een officier van justitie brutaal vermoord is. De zoektocht leidt naar een drugskoerier die Wall achter de tralies stopte. Ook zijn leven komt in gevaar maar een telefoontje van iemand die een onverwachte ontmoeting heeft gehad met de dader, verandert alles en leidt naar een spannende climax. Negende politieroman van de Zweedse journalist Hellberg met Sten Wall in de hoofdrol de overige acht zijn nog niet in het Nederlands vertaald. De inspecteur is een heel aimabel man van vlees en bloed, net als alle andere personages. Knappe intrige, wisselend vertelperspectief en boeiende stijl. Gebonden, kleine druk. (Biblion recensie, C. Vandenbroucke) (source Bol.com)
Author: Allan R. Bevere
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The argument of this book is two-fold the target of the argument of Colossians is a Judaism dismissive of the Gentile Colossian Christians and the recognition of that fact casts new light on the moral material of the letter and its integration into the argument of the epistle as a whole.Several arguments are made in support of these claims. Significant parallels between Colossians and Galatians suggest similar concerns in both letters relating to Israels identity as the people of God and how that relates to the Gentile believers are to live. The writers of Colossians, while sharing a similar Jewish perspective with the Colossian philosophers on the relationship between identity and way of life, admonish the Gentile Christians to live in a way consistent with who they are. Nevertheless Paul and Timothy differ with the philosophers as to what constitutes the identity of the Colossian Gentiles as the people of God. In addition to the parallels drawn further themes are present in Colossians which strongly suggest the Jewish character of the philosophy wisdom, election, and death of Christ as the final return from exile. The apocalyptic background of 3.1-6, the Jewish moral concerns of the ethical lists (3.5-17), and the christological orientation of the Haustafel, bolster the claim that the target of Colossians is Jewish in character and the moral material is integral to the argument.**
Author: Sahr Conway-Lanz
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Collateral damage is a military term for the inadvertent casualties and destruction inflicted on civilians in the course of military operations. In Collateral Damage Americans, Noncombatant Immunity, and Atrocity after World War II, Sahr Conway-Lanz chronicles the history of Americas attempt to reconcile the ideal of sparing civilians with the reality that modern warfare results in the killing of innocent people. Drawing on policymakers response to the issues raised by the atrocities of World War II and the use of the atomic bomb, as well as the ongoing debate by the American public and the media as the Korean War developed, Conway-Lanz provides a comprehensive examination of modern American discourse on the topic of civilian casualties and provides a fascinating look at the development of what is now commonly known as collateral damage.
Author: Stefan Helgesson
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If anything is certain in human existence, it is the exit. Before the universal yet radically singular event of death, however, history leaves its mark on us by determining which exits are possible, necessary or desirable. This collection of essays, which celebrates the achievement of the Swedish Africanist and postcolonial scholar Raoul Granqvist, deal with the broad theme of exit - in the form of exile, displacement, suicide, endings and, indeed, beginnings. After all, In my end is my beginning (T.S. Eliot). Childhood as exit rite in contemporary African literature (Camara Layes LEnfant Noir and Ishmael Beahs Long Way Gone) the Cameroonian director Jean Pierre Bekolos controversial film Les Saignantes an early play by Wole Soyinka Ghana during the First World War Zakes Mdas Cion proto-nationalist writing on the Gold Coast passing in Zoe Wicombs Playing in the Light the exile of South African and Caribbean writers translation theory in the global South public representations of Africans in north-east Bavaria oral poetry in rural England Fred Wahs Swedish-Chinese background in twentieth-century Canada Toni Morrisons Beloved and infanticide the open endings of the poetry of Paul Muldoon the suicide of Virginia Woolf the viability of global environmental policies - these are some of the topics that this book, in defiance of neat disciplinary boundaries, addresses. The closing section, Voicing the Exit, transcends the academic format with its evocative literary representations of the experience of exit (in Tanzania, Uganda, Ukrainian Canada and elsewhere). **
Author: Philip Haslam
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Since the financial crisis of 2008, the major governments of the world have resorted to printing large amounts of money to pay national debts and bail out banks. The warning signs are clear, and the collapse of the Zimbabwean dollar after years of rampant money printing is a frightening example of what lies in store for world economies if painful reform is not executed. When Money Destroys Nations tells the gripping story of the disintegration of the once-thriving Zimbabwean economy and how ordinary people survived in turbulent circumstances. Analysing this case within a global context, Philip Haslam and Russell Lamberti investigate the causes of hyperinflation and draw ominous parallels between Zimbabwe and the worlds developed economies. The looming currency crises and hyperinflation in these major economies, particularly the United States, have the potential to turn the current world order upside down. This story of how money destroys nations holds lessons that cannot be ignored.**From the Inside FlapThe simplicity, clarity, and great use of metaphors in this book make When Money Destroys Nations a warning for the rest of the world. It makes me ask Will the U.S. be next?-Robert Kiyosaki, Educator, Entrepreneur, Investor & Author of Rich Dad Poor DadhrhrTo understand the future you must first understand the past. Haslam and Lamberti have done a great job at documenting the Zimbabwean hyperinflation in an easily readable manner. Even if you havent studied economics or central banking, youll be able to understand what happens when countries print money and why hyperinflation is coming to countries across the world, including the US dollar. -Jeff Berwick, founder and CEO of The Dollar VigilantehrHaslam and Lamberti have produced a fascinating, accessible account of how Zimbabweans actually lived (and died) during the worlds second-highest hyperinflation, one that dwarfed the German hyperinflation of 1922-23. Yes, the peak daily inflation rate in Zimbabwe in November 2008 was 98% - an economic tragedy that Haslam and Lamberti skilfully bring to life.-Steve H Hanke, professor of applied economics at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and director of the Cato Institutes Troubled Currencies Project in Washington DChrhrAn old and reliable adage states that one can learn either from experience or by reading what others have learned from experience. Most people have not lived through a monetary upheaval and have not experienced the disruptions to society when a currency goes bust. So to learn from others, When Money Destroys Nations should be on everyones reading list. -James Turk, founder of GoldMoney and co-author of The Money Bubble What To Do Before It PopshrhrWe are rarely, if ever, exposed to what it is like to live through a hyperinflation. This is because it is so economically, socially and psychologically damaging. History records numerous runaway inflations, including ones in Germany, France, Russia, China and in Revolutionary America. With the spectre of hyperinflation looming in the future, When Money Destroys Nations is a timely, accessible, and informative contribution to prepare people for the consequences.-Mark Thornton, Senior Fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute and a Research and Fellow with the Independent Institute hr
Author: Po Jen Yap
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What is the relationship between the strength of a countrys democracy and the ability of its courts to address deficiencies in the electoral process? Drawing a distinction between democracies that can be characterised as dominant-party (for example Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong), dynamic (for example India, South Korea, and Taiwan), and fragile (for example Thailand, Pakistan ,and Bangladesh), this book explores how democracy sustains and is sustained by the exercise of judicial power. In dominant-party systems, courts can only pursue dialogic pathways to constrain the governments authoritarian tendencies. On the other hand, in dynamic democracies, courts can more successfully innovate and make systemic changes to the electoral system. Finally, in fragile democracies, where a country regularly oscillates between martial law and civilian rule, their courts tend to consistently overreach, and this often facilitates or precipitates a hostile take-over by the armed forces, and lead to the demise of the rule of law. **
Author: Sara Constantakis
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Author: Philip Gorski
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Was the United States founded as a Christian nation or a secular democracy? Neither, argues Philip Gorski in American Covenant. What the founders actually envisioned was a prophetic republic that would weave together the ethical vision of the Hebrew prophets and the Western political heritage of civic republicanism. In this ambitious book, Gorski shows why this civil religious tradition is now in periland with it the American experiment.Gorski traces the historical development of prophetic republicanism from the Puritan era to the present day. He provides close readings of thinkers such as John Winthrop, Thomas Jefferson, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Hannah Arendt, along with insightful portraits of recent and contemporary religious and political leaders such as Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Gorski shows how the founders original vision for America is threatened by an internecine struggle between two rival traditions, religious nationalism and radical secularism. Religious nationalism is a form of militaristic hyperpatriotism that imagines the United States as a divine instrument in the final showdown between good and evil. Radical secularists fervently deny the positive contributions of the Judeo-Christian tradition to the American project and seek to remove all traces of religious expression from the public square. Gorski offers an unsparing critique of both, demonstrating how half a century of culture war has drowned out the quieter voices of the vital center.American Covenant makes the compelling case that if we are to rebuild that vital center, we must recover the civil religious tradition on which the republic was founded.